On the side of the gods, they do not want their disciples and priests to risk their lives and die in vain in the confrontation with demons, without gaining much incense and faith.
And these monks of Incense Shinto are naturally happy to live a safe life.
If you can't fight hard, don't fight hard.
This way.
In name, they were also arranged by the imperial court in local state capitals as an important new force to fight against demons.
But in fact, they were enjoying the generous salaries and treatment given to practitioners by the court.
But on the other hand, it is hard work but no effort.
If you have 100% ability and can use three points, that's already pretty good.
Some people often only use 10% of their strength, and may not be able to appear on the battlefield against monsters head-on throughout the year.
But now.
Without the protection of the spiritual hospital, if they want to continue to enjoy the benefits, they must behave obediently.
even.
If they don't do anything, it's easy to deal with them.
The moment they left the spiritual courtyard, their source of incense power lost its supply.
All the monks of the Incense Shinto, their power essentially comes from the city gods they serve.
But if they leave the Spiritual Academy, the City Gods and Goddess will naturally no longer distribute their precious incense power to these so-called subordinates who are no longer under their control in name.
Without the power of incense and faith given by the gods as a supplement.
The power of their incense will be reduced once used.
This way.
"If they obey the imperial court's orders, join the city defense camp, police station, and work honestly."
"The imperial court will naturally give corresponding incense and divine power in return."
"However, if they do not work for the court, then they may still be regarded as practitioners when they leave the spiritual academy, but as time goes by, their remaining incense and divine power will sooner or later be used up."
And when that day comes.
These once lofty disciples and priests of the Spiritual Academy will become no different from the mortals they once looked down upon!
Therefore, more disciples and priests of the Spiritual Academy will still make the choice to obey orders honestly, work for the court, work for the people, and suppress demons.
I believe that in the near future, Jiangnan Prefecture and other state capitals under the command of Lord Tianyue will be able to calm down a lot of demonic disasters.
This is the second short-term benefit brought about by killing Cheng Di this time.
besides.
This time Gu Changsheng established the law of heaven and earth. In fact, in the short term, it will not have much impact on the gods.
because.
The law of heaven and earth does not mean that after it is established, there will be a great way of heaven and earth to monitor what the gods do, and if anything illegal is done, they will be punished directly.
It's not that exaggerated.
To put it bluntly, it is just a law.
Just like Cheng Di who was killed by Gu Changsheng this time.
If Gu Changsheng hadn't caught Cheng Di out, or even if Gu Changsheng hadn't obtained enough convincing evidence, such as the records of his crimes that were searched from Wu Yi'an's remnant soul.
Even if Cheng Di was pointed out by Gu Changsheng as the culprit of the demon disaster in Nankang Mansion.
It is also impossible to be punished.
Because without sufficient evidence, the crime cannot be established.
In other words.
The laws of heaven and earth established by Gu Changsheng only cut off the rights of these gods to escape punishment in the name of gods after they confess their sins in the future.
At best, it is to rely on the method of almost sitting together to make these gods pay more costs when they do something like Nankang City God Cheng Di, who regards the rule of the people as the source of his belief in incense.
.
However, right now, this is the limit of what Gu Changsheng can do.
If you want to go further, the best way is naturally Rutianyue
The same goes for the gods in the six hundred prefectures under the command of the king of gods.
The three thousand state capitals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, their official seal gods, their disciples, and their priests were all streamlined.
But this step is obviously not possible yet.
because.
The gods still have considerable strength in their hands.
Especially the five divine kings and the divine guards directly under their command.
To rush into such a heavy move before you have enough confidence will only make Da Zhou, an old man, unable to resist the temptation of tiger and wolf.
Maybe there will be signs of a comeback in the beginning.
But once the crisis comes, the internal peace of the Great Zhou Dynasty will definitely be disturbed by these gods. I am afraid that wars will start everywhere, which will only give the demons and barbarians in the north an opportunity to take advantage of.
"You still have to take one step at a time and work steadily."
Gu Changsheng sighed.
In the final analysis.
Why does such a thing as a spiritual hospital exist?
It was because, at the beginning, the Zhou Dynasty could not cultivate enough practitioners.
Why can't it be cultivated?
Because, there is no money.
Poor in literature and rich in martial arts.
However, martial arts is the easiest path to achieve in spiritual practice.
But to cultivate a warrior, you need to pay at least fifty taels of silver or even a hundred taels of silver before you can reach the top level.
After entering the level, each time the cultivation level is improved by one level, the cost will basically be multiplied by ten times.
After reaching the third level, each time the cultivation level is improved, the cost will be close to 10,000 gold or even 100,000 gold.
But, if you were a monk of Incense Shinto.
The imperial court only needs to allocate ten thousand taels of silver to a prefecture-level spiritual hospital every year.
Even a state-level spiritual academy only needs one hundred thousand taels of silver every year to maintain balance.
At the very least, such a spiritual academy can provide the imperial court with more than a hundred incense and fire Shinto practitioners of the lower third grade, and more than ten incense and fire Shinto practitioners of the middle and third grades.
If it is to support martial arts cultivators.
The money spent is at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
but.
Gu Changsheng thought.
"The Incense Shinto is not a reliable path after all."
"Cultivating warriors and practicing martial arts and literature among all the people is the fundamental way!"
the reason is simple.
Just like Taoist Cangxuan before.
He looks like a human being and a boss behind the scenes, but what happens in the end?
He completely became a pawn in the hands of Cheng Di, the City God of Nankang.
There was not the slightest strength to resist.
No matter how many monks of the Incense and Fire cult are cultivated, they will only produce a group of pigs and dogs that look fat and strong, but in fact will run away once they encounter a pack of wolves.
And, more importantly.
"The cost of training a cultivator of the Incense Shinto seems not to be much, but in fact it is not."
Gu Changsheng synthesized the volume of books in his hand, thoughtfully.
The volume of books in his hands was somewhat out of place in this era. It was compiled by a Confucian scholar from the previous dynasty who loved numerology and based on his own understanding of some interviews with the people while traveling around the state.
It not only records the expenses required for warriors to practice.
In addition, Buddhism and Confucianism are practiced.